I am a newbie honestly - most of you have been on here much longer than I have, so I'm learning the ropes. I saw this guy with like an impressive 500k, and another lady with impressive 3M profile -- sometimes I am a bit "concerned for nothing" I guess. You know this job is lonely and you guys are my friends in a way and just wanted to get some input on the current situation.

The fear of big economy change never clicked for me, whether global or local.

I mean, if the problem is affecting another 350 million people nationwide, or 7 billion people worldwide, what makes you so special that you don't want a crisis to affect you but are OK with everyone else's suffering?

I mean, if the problem is affecting another 350 million people nationwide, or 7 billion people worldwide, what makes you so special that you don't want a crisis to affect you but are OK with everyone else's suffering?

Like this saying:

“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."

I think that freelancers have less to worry about during a recession than permanent workers do. When a recession hits, companies will lay off employees and/or impose a hiring freeze, which could result in them needing more freelancers, not fewer. I weathered the last recession with no noticeable decline in work.

I think that freelancers have less to worry about during a recession than permanent workers do. When a recession hits, companies will lay off employees and/or impose a hiring freeze, which could result in them needing more freelancers, not fewer. I weathered the last recession with no noticeable decline in work.

I always went for the contractor jobs, and while contractors have to know they are only there temporarily, you are right that companies come to us more during a recessing because we're cheaper in the long-run. We're a tax write-off too. Not sure how w-2 works but 1099-ers are a tax write-off.

I think that freelancers have less to worry about during a recession than permanent workers do. When a recession hits, companies will lay off employees and/or impose a hiring freeze, which could result in them needing more freelancers, not fewer. I weathered the last recession with no noticeable decline in work.

I always went for the contractor jobs, and while contractors have to know they are only there temporarily, you are right that companies come to us more during a recessing because we're cheaper in the long-run. We're a tax write-off too. Not sure how w-2 works but 1099-ers are a tax write-off.

I am not sure the tax write-off is all that much different but for a public company it definitely shows up on the books differently.